Mail is *much* better. I don't have news reader. On 11/30/04 10:34 AM, "Jan van Oosterwijk" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At 08:14 30-11-2004 -0800, R E M wrote: > >> On Nov 29, 2004, at 11:23 PM, Jean-Baptiste FAURE wrote: >> >> [exactly the same posting as also made to comp.lang.fortran] >> >> Those interested might want to see the several replies already on >> comp.lang.fortran instead of repeating the identical discussion here. > > In fact, I prefer Mail over News :-() , were it only because of the number of > trolls and off-topic posts on c.l.f. :-( > >> (I find it confusing when people post the same question to both forums. >> Besides the tendency towards duplicate work on answers, it becomes >> difficult to keep track of what was said where so that followups can >> stay in the right context for people that read only one of them. This >> makes it more than twice the work. It also tends to make me decide to >> ignore the thread on both forums.) > > > > \--- > > Best regards, > > Jan van Oosterwijk | "They that can give up essential liberty > Netherlands | to obtain a little temporary safety deserve > | neither liberty nor safety." > | -- Benjamin Franklin (1759) > > write(*,*)transfer((/778985834,1869504886,1702130543,1785296754 & > &,1635205227,1868849518,1819160175 /),(/'x'/)) ; end > > mailto:Jan <dot> vanOosterwijk <at> wanadoo <dot> NL > http://huizen <dot> dto <dot> tudelft <dot> nl/vanOosterwijk/